The Crossword Solver has found 30 answers to the “Did the exterior” 5 letter crossword clue, which appears 54 times in our database. There are 40 possible answers for this clue, with one solution being a 94-letter answer. The crossword puzzle term “Exterior” is a common theme in crossword puzzles, with 130 possible answers ranging from 3 to 19 letters.
The clue “Exterior” has been referred to in various contexts, such as a shrub yielding dye indigo, Richard of ‘When Worlds Collide,’ and the exterior. The shortest solution for “Exterior” is called SKIN, while the longest is eight letters long and is called EXTERNAL.
The New York Times quick crossword has 8 possible answers for the “Exterior” clue. The melon exterior is a 4 letter answer that involves ringing the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating).
In summary, the Crossword Solver has found 30 answers to the “Did the exterior” 5 letter crossword clue, with 40 possible answers in our database. The shortest solution is called SKIN, while the longest is eight letters long and is called EXTERNAL. The crossword puzzle term “Exterior” has been referred to in various contexts, including Daily Quick Crossword, The New York Times Quick Crossword, and other puzzles.
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Let’s get cracking: 03:28 And how about this article’s Simarkisms?! Naked Single: 2 (09:30, 18:37) Sorry: 1 (05:03) In the Corner: 1 (07:16) Lovely: 1 (11:14) Brilliant: 1 (00:53) Fascinating: 1 (00:16) First Digit in the Grid: 1 (07:38) Astonishing: 1 (04:19) Deadly Pattern: 1 (18:58) FAQ: Q1: How do you do this so fast? A1: I’m not made of flesh and blood, but of sand … Q2: Why don’t you include ‘XX’ and ‘YY’? A2: Please tell me what you’d like me to include and there’s a good chance I’ll add it! Q3: You missed ‘XX’ at ‘YY:ZZ’! A3: That could very well be the case! Human speech is hard to understand for computers like me, especially British sometimes! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I’ll learn!
Mark took a detour in figuring out box 8 and thus creating the 789 triple in c6 to determine the order of the ring. Instead, you can much earlier see the 1 in c5 can only go in r9, because in r8 it would break the positions of the 1 in the ring because of knight’s move. With the 1 in r9c5 and the other 1s that you already have at the time, you can see that 1s can only go in columns 7 or 9 in boxes 3 and 9. This gives you the 1 in box 6 at c8r6 and that creates the 1 at c7r7 in box 9, resolving the ring.
First thing I went for was the Phistomefel Ring I figured on the ring there must be one 1, one 9, and two of everything else Which means there’s only one 1 and one 9 out of all the corner squares, the 1 can’t be in the top row I used this to narrow down some other places for a 1, and 9 is also restricted in box 5, but I couldn’t see how to proceed beyond that
Mark solves it in less than half an hour: this one may be within my reach. Wow, what a puzzle. For about the first half of the solution, it looks pretty hopeless: how is it possible for this to have a solution? And yet, little by little, bits of information can be added. First time I reached for Phistomefel right off the bat. Actually, it is blatantly obvious that it is necessary here.. It’s also the first time I felt comfortable even attempting a puzzle where set theory is needed. … And then, amazingly enough, it’s completely unnecessary! Sigh.
9:09 Had a great break-in by looking where 1 could go. Limited to 4 corners, then looked at 3 to identify the 2-5 for the 7 cage, which forced 2 to the bottom and 1 to the bottom corners. From here, I deviated from Mark’s approach. I shaded all cells where 1 couldn’t go, as knight’s move and thermos do a LOT of restricting. Got 1 in central box, which fed around to boxes 6 / 9 and forced a 1 in box 9 – this got the entire thermo-palindrome, all without a whole bunch of numbering, and it got all of the 1’s. The rest of it crumbled quickly 🙂 Great puzzle, and I loved that I was able to finally beat Mark!
I’m so happy!! Finished this one under 30 min and all by myself!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Which, relative to the viewers of cracking the cryptic, is not a great time – but, relative to my usual time, is amazing! I love this website so much. It helps me find and finish puzzles that I would just find frustrating and impossible if I tried them on my own. My ability to logic through these has improved so much since I subscribed. Thanks for the great content as always 🙂
This was a super fun puzzle for all skill levels, I think, but even more so for those that are sort of leveling up in their sudoku skill level. Clean, well thought out logic, in a fairly straightforward puzzle. I thought it would be a Phil-based puzzle based on how the initial grid was set up, but when I saw Mark’s time I realized it probably wasn’t!. Very fun, thx nori!
In fact, the opposite outer perimeter cells all sum to 10, eg opposite corner pairs 26 and 82. The second perimeter also has this rotation symmetry. But “the box” that has 2 sets 1-9 except 1 and 9 only once is symmetric to the diagonal through 1 and 9, so it breaks the rotational symmetry. And in the centre box, the left thermo would need to be upside down to allow rotational symmetry. iit. Switching the 3 and 9 there and bitin box 4 would still make it a valid sudoku, even with the knight moves rule. But still the box around box 5 breaks it.
49:09. See earlier comment as to why so long. My issue was column six. Seeing a 46 pair with the 4 already in that column but not seeing it and deducing the only other blank cell could only be a 46 making a 46 pair. Not realizing I hadn’t used a 3. Was a sloppy oversight I did 3 times but caught the third time. Something that has bitten me before. I see 7 digits in a row filled. Another cell is blank. And another cell has 2 pencilmarks. My brain assumes the blank cell must be a he other of the pencil marks without checking the column to solve the pencil marked cell.
Still in progress but have to keep resetting. I keep seducing where the 1 goes but keep ending up making a mistake which causes a 4 to be a knights move from a 4. Gonna clear and try again (no I dont click restart I just clear the board) frustrating to find where I’m making a simple mistake but know I’m on the cusp of it and still enjoying it despite the frustration. (And it’s probably something stupid as well like mistakenly eliminating a 1 that actually works)
Quite enjoyed the puzzle (and the solve, as always!), and I had some fun playing around with the Set Theory just to see if there was anything to deduce from that. Turns out you can actually get pretty far without even touching the middle box, just by figuring the very limited patterns of placing the 1’s in the grid.
There is some weird partial symmetry going down there! Rotationally-opposite digits add to 10 except in the middle band. The outer race is correct but the regions B4:C6 and G4:H6 have mirrored digits adding to 10, and box 5 is a complete free-for-all — barring the obligatory five in E5! Feel free to point out any mistake — staring at numbers for too long makes my eyes go funny.
I’m not sure if you have seen his (sadly inactive website), but there are other nice puzzles like Wolves and Sheeps: youtube.com/watch?v=2veGxk7-Y4M slitherlink: youtube.com/watch?v=5_RwsGlDcw0 masyu: youtube.com/watch?v=AL04IeBwUNU Not sure if there is a software or website which supports online solving. But would be nice to see you up to the challenge.
This is not a pangram because there’s no Z. (EDIT) You keep saying in this article there’s really nothing clever about what you’re doing, you’re just relying on several years of experience of solving cryptic crosswords. But how does one start getting this experience? You can’t get experience by practicing on the hardest test, that just won’t lead you anywhere. If one was to get into cryptic crosswords, just where would one start?